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Gaming PC under Rs 80,000 - AMD Ryzen build

tháng 5 17, 2019 Budget Gaming PC, Components, Computer Utility, Gaming PC, Graphic Cards, PC Assembly, processors No comments

Let's build a AMD Ryzen Gaming machine shall we!?

The year 2018 and 2019 have been some of the best years ever in
recent times for the video game industry with not only some of the best
and most anticipated gaming titles coming out but also in terms of PC
hardware wars soaring to new heights with AMD rolling out the
revolutionary Ryzen Zen+ CPUs countered, well to some extent, by Intel
9th Generation SKUs. The Graphics division wasn’t too different after
all with AMD Radeon VII entering the arena to challenge Nvidia Turning
cards supremacy in the main stream segment. In short if you are an avid
or even casual gamer who is planning to build a new PC or upgrade his
old and loyal gaming buddy then this is the best time to do all that,
not only will you be able to play the latest titles but also prepare
yourself for the impressive titles that are bound to release in the
months to come.

Considering all the trends and stats
it’s safe to assume that Rs 80,000 is what you will have to shell out
for a brand new gaming PC which will sail you across easily for the next
two years atleast before asking for a major upgrade, mostly in the
graphics card division. Before compiling this configuration I've kept a
few key points in mind which I would like to enlist first -

The build should be future proof and should last
the user for over a year or two without any upgrades.

It should run all the existing and upcoming
titles at 1080p to 1440p resolution with respectable settings.

Upgrade should be easy and economical with
minimum change of components.

It should be balanced over all with all the
components in sync & at par without overpowering or under-powering others.

Quite basic points but worth mentioning for easy
understanding of what I'm about to write down next.

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Rs 16,450

I know the newer Ryzen Zen 2 CPUs are around the corner but that doesn't
mean the older 2000 series is obsolete, they still pack plenty of juice
and with the recent price cuts the deals are too good to pass by if you
come across one. Since we are going for a Gaming PC here so the Ryzen 5
2600 is the obvious choice for its 6 cores and 12 threads that are more
than enough for any title on the market today or in coming future with
enough extra horsepower to help you with production work in-case you are
into that awell casually or on a semi-professional level.

Great part is that its unlocked so you can overclock it too whenever required or just for the sake of fun!

Motherboard - Asus TUF-B450-PLUS Gaming Rs 8,485

Boasting the Asus TUF branding the TUF-B450 is a great choice not only
for the brand name and aesthetics but also for the unmatched set of
features it brings to the table for the price tag it carries. Its a full
ATX motherboard so it'll look good in your gaming case and with a
robust power delivery system you can be well assured to run your CPU at
stock or overclocked without any second thought.

Four DIMM slots keep the upgrade path open and easy while extra features
such as ample of SATA connectors, a M.2 connector and RGB headers is
all that contributes to the wholeness of this product.

Also since its a AM4 motherboard and on the list for the upgrade path
from Asus itself so you can also pop in a newer Ryzen 3000 series CPU in
it incase you want to in near future.

RAM - G.skill Ripjaws V 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4 3200MHz Rs 8,425

AMD Ryzen is a force to reckon with when you pair it with high speed
memory kits and since the prices have come down then why not to add a
kit of 16GB DDR4 rated at 3200Mhz from G.Skill Ripjaws V series! The red
and black color scheme along with the low profile design makes it a
great choice for gaming PCs especially whose sporting a Ryzen CPU. Its a
proven product in various fields and is durable to last you for long
and since its an easily available kit so in-case you plan to add more
down the road it'll be no hassle to find matching kits.

Graphics Card - GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 (1-Click OC) 6GB Rs 29,870

A gaming PC is no good without a powerful graphics card at its heart so I
recommend the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC edition which is not only based
on the latest Turing architecture from Nvidia hence you can enjoy all
the Ray Tracing benefits with ease on this one but also its one of the
most power efficient ones out in the market that also happens to run
cool and quiet under load as I found in my review of the same some time
back.

The card is more than competent to run all AAA titles at maxed out
settings on 1080p at high frames rates but also will do just fine in
1440p area. So its a great buy for competitive players who aim for high
frame rate for their high refresh rates monitors and even for casual
gamers who plan to use a 2K display at 60Hz.

Also you can choose from a white or black option as per your taste and build theme which is an added benefit for some cases.

HDD - Western Digital Blue 2TB Rs 4,620

Since we are building a PC it is quite obvious that you would be
watching movies and listening to music aswell along with downloading a
bunch of other stuff from the internet so we need a HDD here for which
we’ll go with the Western Digital Blue for its long line of trusted
quality and service that it offers at a very reasonable price. The 2TB
HDD spins at 7200RPM so you won’t feel it slowing down or spoiling your
experience even if you play a multi-GB BluRay rip over your monitor or
TV due to slow load/buffer time.

SSD - Crucial BX500 240GB Rs 2,480

Yeah you obviously need a SSD for faster Windows boot up time and quick
loading in games or else you’ll be stuck loading multi gigabyte games
over a conventional mechanical hard drive. The Crucial BX500 240GB would
do the job here as the SSD offers competitive and reliable performance
for the price it comes at! Great after market sale support for Crucial
is always there and 240Gb would be more than enough for Windows, your
vital softwares and one to two AAA gaming titles at a time so pick this
up without any second thoughts here.

Cooler - Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L RGB Rs 4,620

The stock cooler that comes with the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is more than
enough for that CPU but since we have some budget to spare and its an
overclockable chip so we can get the Cooler Master ML120L AIO which is a
decent cooler which also packs the RGB goodness.

The 120mm radiator is great for keeping this chip cool even in high
summer temperatures or when overclocked hence, increasing the life span
of your processor and also helping you to play for those long marathon
gaming sessions without any worries.

Case - Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 Rs 5,680

PSU - Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 600W Rs 4,256

For less than Rs 3K the Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 600W PSU is more
than you need for this configuration leaving enough headroom for a few
extra components or upgrades that you might want to add in or do in
future without changing the PSU for extra wattage or more reliable
performance. The PSU is vastly compatible, extremely reliable and has
good number of connectors with long wires for easy installation along
with a solid 5 years warranty to back it up.

So, there you have it a Gaming PC configuration for Rs 80,000 to handle
all your gaming and multimedia work without blowing a hole in your
pocket, well not a big one to be precise. I haven’t included the cost of
a peripherals like speakers, keyboard and mouse so you can add that
according to your preferences and budget. Also for Windows keep aside
around Rs 500 or so as you can get an OEM key easily for that much from
many online stores and places to activate your free copy of Windows from
Microsoft website. From my side I’ve tried to keep everything in mind
regarding this build but just in case I did forget something or you have
a suggestion for the same then do drop a comment.

GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC Graphics Card Review

tháng 4 09, 2019 Budget Gaming PC, Components, Computer Utility, Gaming PC, Graphic Cards, Reviews No comments

GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC: Light on Budget, Heavy on Performance

Nvidia Turing architecture has been a force to reckon with but that's only true for the top of the line RTX 2080 Ti that's a gaming beast in its own right since the RTX 2080 well is just near identical to GTX 1080Ti. This created a two way void for PC Gamers as not only the new cards, worth going for, are way too expensive but also there was no option for budget gamers who wanted an upgrade and maybe want some of those vanilla RT cores just for the sake of it. Finally Nvidia responded & we have the RTX 2060 in its true form which is the entry level RTX card and features some really nifty features under the hood.

Thanks to GALAX India I have their RTX 2060 1-Click OC Graphics card on the table for review and I can't be any more pumped than this as not only is this our first RTX 2060 review but also our first GALAX Graphics Card review.

Priced in at Rs 31,500 in India the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC is the cheapest RTX 2060 one can have and just for that sake itself the card takes away some brownie points right off the bat due to the stature of the RTX 2060 cards itself. Under the hood this card is powered by a TU106 GPU based on the Turing architecture that is accompanied by 6 GB of GDDR6 memory which are clocked in at 1695 Mhz boost and 1750Mhz respectively.

What's in the Box!?

The GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC comes in a sleek cardboard box which is dominated by white, black and green as the primary colors. The classic GALAX silhouette is present right in the center along with the brand name, warranty and mention of the 1-Click OC feature mentioned clearly on the top half of the box. At the bottom we have the other details like product name and all but mostly its important to note that it is the White version of the card as a Black one of the same is also in the market and notably was launched prior to this one.

At the back nothing much is going on and we get marketing and basic details such as multi monitor support and the Xtreme Tuning Utility by GALAX. Overall the packing is really impressive from the top and its naturally one of the prettiest packing I've seen on a graphics card which is a welcome move.

Open the box and you will find the card securely resting inside an anti static bag which is nestled neatly inside a thick block of styrofoam that is more than enough for a card of this size and weight. Accessories wise the card is on the lighter side which is acceptable for the price tag it comes with and we get the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC Graphics Card, a user manual for installation and a molex to PCIe adapter cable incase you are still rocking a prehistoric build and need one!

A Closer Look

GALAX has gone for a full white color scheme with this variant of the RTX 2060 1-Click OC which happens to be their signature color of HOF lineup that they've brought down here. Its a one of a kind color scheme that should attract a lot of gamers who are aiming for an all white Gaming PC.

The card is entirely white with just the GALAX logo printed on the fan stickers being a highlight in black. The shroud is made up of premium quality plastic with abstract designs molded across the entire length and breadth.

At the back the same color scheme continues on the backplate too which is fully white with grey streaks as highlights. It is a welcome move that GALAX has also included a backplate to their RTX 2060 even at this low of a price point while maintaining such solid build quality which isn't flimsy at all.

The RTX 2060 1-Click OC measures in at 228x131.5x41.5 mm making it a sleek and short card that should fir in easily in any case including mITX where space is an issue. On the top side we have the plastic shroud warping and blending into two colors of black and white where the white has the GeForce RTX branding the black portion flashes the GALAX logo which is RGB and can be controlled via the Xtreme Utility software available on the official website. The whole font and styling goes well with the theme of this card and creates a pleasing image to see through the side panel window of your PC cases.

As for the power the card uses a 8-pin PCIe connector which theoretically makes this card capable of pulling 300W. With this connector on a 160W TDP card I'm pretty sure we'll have decent headroom for overclocking.

Two 90mm fans are placed on a dense aluminum fin stack that houses four 30mm copper heat pipes to keep the VRAM and GPU arrangement cool underneath. These fans only start spinning once the card crosses the 54°C mark and do ramp up quickly as the temperature rises due to their aggressive fan curve. This should be plentiful as its only a 160W TDP card but considering the slim fin stack I have my apprehensions which we'll see later on during benchmarking.

For the I/O GALAX relies on the standard set of connectors for this dual slot RTX 2060 and sports a DVI-D port, a HDMI 2.0a port and a DisplayPort 1.4 making it a great card for running multiple displays including 4K panels.

Benchmarks and Overclocking

Installing the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC was easy and it powered up like a

breeze once we booted up the system. Since this is a very short card one
won't have any issues when installing it in most to any case out there
which is how it should be for a mainstream card.

GPUZ reported the correct frequencies with 1365Mhz on the clock and
1750Mhz on the memory with boost reaching 1965Mhz courtesy to GPU Boost
4.0

For testing the GALAX RTX 2060 graphics card our new test bench is as follows -

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X @3.9Ghz

Motherboard: Asus X370 Crosshair VI Hero

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB 3200Mhz

Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB

Graphics Card: GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC

Storage: Kingston A400 256GB

Secondary Storage: Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB

Power Supply: Corsair AX860i 860W

Case: Cooler Master H500M

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Sleeved Cables: TweakedPC

Now overclocking the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC was a bit tricky, the propitiatory Xtreme Utility from GALAX that provides the 1-Click OC functionality along with a bunch of other features including manual tuning only bumps the core clock by a mere 15Mhz which as per me is not worth it at all and one should only use this utility for controlling the RGB lights at best. However using MSI Afterburner which I always use for graphics card overclocking showed that the Power Limit on this card is locked at a 100% and same was shown in the GALAX's own Xtreme Utility engine too! The only thing you can adjust is the temperature limit from 83°C to 87°C along with the core and memory frequencies. Anyways moving forward I could get a +100Mhz on the core and +1000Mhz on the memory to reach a stable 1465Mhz and 2000Mhz on the core and memory respectively which gave me a boost of 2100Mhz thanks to GPU Boost 4.0

This is thus far one of the superior overclocks on the RTX 2060 which leads me to speculate that GALAX might've raised the default power limit on this card from their side itself otherwise reaching such high off-sets on frequency at the default 100% power limit is quite near impossible.

3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy

Fire Strike and Time Spy by 3D Mark is a test suit that plays a
cinematic scene to determine the FPS, GPU temperature and CPU
temperature scaling everything via a cumulative score. It is a great
tool to benchmark your GPU since the render is mostly GPU & memory
dependent.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by
Eidos Montréal in conjunction with Crystal Dynamics and published by
Square Enix. It continues the narrative from the 2015 game Rise of the
Tomb Raider and is the twelfth mainline entry in the Tomb Raider series.

Based off the Dynamics' proprietary Foundation engine like its
predecessor SOTTR is a visual treat and heavily optimized for PC
platform. We are running it at Highest graphical preset in
DX12 mode benchmarked using the game's build in tool.

Far Cry New Dawn

Far Cry New Dawn uses an enhanced version of the Dunia 2 engine. Unlike its predecessor the
game now uses DirectX 12 API, the development team have optimized the game
extensively to take advantage of hardware capabilities. Furthermore, Far
Cry New Dawn is a testament to achieving proper visual fidelity while keeping
overall polygon count in check. Testing is done at Ultra preset using the build in benchmark to keep the results
standardized.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a 2018 action role-playing video game
developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh
major installment, and twentieth overall, in the Assassin's Creed
series and the successor to 2017's Assassin's Creed Origins.

Using the AnvilNext 2.0 graphics engine the game
though better optimized than Origin is still very taxing even on the
best of systems out there. We are running the game's build in benchmark
at Ultra presets.

Battlefield V

Battlefield V is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA DICE
and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield V is the sixteenth
installment in the Battlefield series.

Masking use of the ‎Frostbite 3 engine the game is extremely beautiful
both in terms of graphics and story-line, I've tested the game in DX12
mode at maxed out settings and for DXR the Ultra setting is used.

Metro: Exodus

Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games
and published by Deep Silver. Not only is this the first game ever to
implement ray tracing global illumination and DLSS simultaneously but
this game can beat any modern day PC hardware to its knees and can
rightfully be called the present day Crysis. We are running it at Ultra
presets with Hairworks on and Tessellation set to full using the game's
build in benchmarking tool.

Thermals

The GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC runs similar if not cooler than the other RTX 2060 dual fan cards out there from various AIBs
mainly due to its more aggressive fan profile using those two 90mm fans seated on a decent fin sstack, keeping it well off the thermal throttling mark
when at
stock or manually overclocked even when its inside a closed chassis such
as the Cooler Master H500M and not on an open test bench. The card was
allowed to run with the default fan curve & the temperature readings
are taken in a strictly controlled environment with ambient temperature
at 25°C.

My Verdict

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 is in itself a great value for money card considering it is technically the first and only card in the RTX lineup that offers unprecedented price to performance ratio making it everything that the Turing launch should've been. Coming to the card in hand today the GALAX RTX 2060 1-Click OC, the card performs exactly and even more than what I was expecting from it.

Priced in at just Rs 31,500 in India the card is the cheapest RTX 2060 in the market but there is no sign of cutting corners when it comes to raw performance making it handle all the modern AAA titles at 1080p with ease and shines truly bright when used at 1440p with all setting cranked up delivering a smooth near to over 60 FPS in every demanding title today which also clearly makes it a winner when compared to any GTX 1660 Ti in the market today including the top of the line premium models.

Cooling wise the card run cool and well within the temperature limits but at the cost of a slightly more noise due to its more aggressive fan curve which I can live with for the price I'm paying for this card. Overclocking on the GALAX RTX 2060 is swift and the card is no slouch at overclocking either, I would call the 1-Click OC a more of a marketing gimmick as 15Mhz is not really something that'll matter to anyone so best you overclock the card on your own. Build quality is solid and with that all white design not only its a well build card for the price but a worthy addition to builds that are all white in color not to mention the slim design makes it an ideal card for mITX and other compact builds.

"Overall GALAX has found itself a winner in form of the RTX 2060 1-Click OC which comes at an unbelievable price tag and ticks all the right boxes making it a perfect choice for a PC gamer looking for an upgrade or building an entirely new PC without blowing a hole in his pocket!"

Pros -

Solid Build Quality

All white color scheme

Exceptionally well priced

Comes in two colorways, Black and White

Overclocks well

Great 1440p performance

Runs cool

Extremely power efficient

Cons -

None

I give it a 9/10 earning our Gold Award!

MSI GTX 1660 Gaming X Review

tháng 3 15, 2019 Budget Gaming PC, Components, Computer Utility, Graphic Cards, Reviews No comments

MSI GTX 1660 Gaming X - All hail to the new 1080p king!

In context to Ray Tracing a wise man once said that, It works, but
apparently the consumers didn't think like that & the lost in market
share for Nvidia last year is a blatant proof of that hence proving
that It just doesn't work! The RTX series cards have been a hard pill to
swallow for everyone and definitely not received well by consumers who
just are not ready to shell that extra dime for Ray Tracing and DLSS
that the new Turing architecture from Nvidia cards offers. A hollow
promise at the launch and then poorly implemented feature set in games
like BF V that took away performance for a few extra reflections on the
screen followed by a mostly blurry DLSS in Metro Exodus just didn't work
for the paying consumers hence the need for a GTX card was needed more
than ever and Nvidia finally just did that. Recently they came up with
the GTX 1660 Ti 6GB graphics card that is based on the same Turing
architecture and uses a 6GB of GDDR6 memory minus all the Tensor and RT
cores that makes it a card as we knew them before RTX came around & performed as one would expect it to be if you go through our review on the MSI GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X.

But this card isn't enough as it still is a bit higher on the price tag and not truly a direct competition to the RX 590 from AMD simply due to its price so here we are today with the newly fresh out of the oven MSI GTX 1660 Gaming X lying on the table for review!

Priced in at $250 or ₹27,800 in India the card is a direct head on collider to the RX 590 which utilizes the same TU116 GPU at its core as the GTX 1660 Ti but with a few washed down features to bring down the cost and hopefully not the performance. At its heart it is powered by the TU116 based on the Turing architecture and has 6GB of GDDR5 memory working at 8Gb/s which also marks the first Turing card carrying a GDDR5 memory rather than the newer GDDR6. Having 1408 CUDA cores makes it 8% lesser than those in the GTX 1660 Ti, all of this has a boost clock of 1860Mhz which is way past the factory specifications.